LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Fake news or political melodrama?

Wednesday

Jan 30, 2019 at 2:26 PMJan 30, 2019 at 8:20 PM

Fake news or political melodrama?

It was odd to see the immediate shutdown of food banks and chow lines for the laid-off government employees once a deal was announced while it was also announced back paychecks would not be immediately forthcoming. Just as surprising to me, at the beginning of the shutdown was the sight of so many apparently healthy looking folks with full-time jobs standing in line for free food. Did none of these workers have any pasta, beans, or soup on their kitchen shelves or ice cream, meat or vegetables in their freezers? And if these Mother Hubbards had such bare cupboards, how could they fill them while still waiting for their back pay? Fake news or manipulated political melodrama?

Virginia Butterworth, Middletown

Thank you for the help during gas outage

I wish to express my deepest gratitude to National Grid (Tim Horan, who I hope is feeling better) and all of the technicians who came from far away to help with getting the gas turned back on. There was so much that they did to accommodate us. Free hotel rooms were given, free space heaters (if you didn't want to leave your home), food trucks, food at Gurneys, and gift cards. Everyone at the National Grid location at Gurney's could not have been nicer; they responded promptly and were very concerned.

Thank you, all. And thanks to the police who accompanied [the National Grid technicians]. I also wish to thank my first heater responders: Tiffany Bentley-Haskell, Kevin Malloy and Chris Pimental.

Robin L. Robinson, Newport

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